--- title: Which of these is most likely to make a shy cat trust you? — The cat that only likes Dad, and other… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of these is most likely to make a shy cat trust you? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 457 «The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy pets» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [The cat that only likes Dad, and other…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy pets Which of these is most likely to make a shy cat trust you? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, make · **To what, where:** shy cat trust This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 457 «The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy pets» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets:t10:1 # text = Which of these is most likely to make a shy cat trust you? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 1 nmod _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ _ 6 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 trust trust NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | | a shy cat trust | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset trust=Beneficiary you=Product | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Following it into every room ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets:t10:o1:1 # text = Following it into every room 1 Following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | it | | every room | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme into room=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Sitting quietly and letting it come to you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets:t10:o2:1 # text = Sitting quietly and letting it come to you 1 Sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 letting let VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | | | | | | quietly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **let** | gerund | | it | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | infinitive | | | you | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Holding it so it can't escape ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets:t10:o3:1 # text = Holding it so it can't escape 1 Holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | gerund | | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **not** **escape** | can | it | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Picking it up and cuddling it as often as you can ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets:t10:o4:1 # text = Picking it up and cuddling it as often as you can 1 Picking pick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 csubj _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 cuddling cuddle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 conj _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 often often ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick up** | gerund | | it | | | | as you | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **cuddle** | gerund | | it | | | | often *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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